In the 400-meter sprint preliminary round, the fourth group of athletes appeared, and this is the only group with six athletes.

American athlete Bill Carl is in this group.

"That person is Bill Carl!" Chen Qiang looked at Bill Carl, and Bill Carl's information emerged in his memory.

The 400-meter sprint champion of the Los Angeles Olympics in history is Bill Carl, and he also broke the world record held by Ben Iscarman with a time of 46.2 seconds.

Bill Carl is a top student at the University of Pennsylvania. The University of Pennsylvania is both a private university and an Ivy League university. At that time, there were no sports scholarships, so those who could afford to attend the University of Pennsylvania were all children of wealthy families. The same is true for Bill Carl. His family is very rich and has many industries in Philadelphia. It is precisely because of this that Bill Carl is born with a sense of superiority.

Two years ago, Bill Carl was an unknown athlete, but in the second half of 1931, he emerged. In the months before the Olympics, Bill Carl defeated world record holder Ben Iscarman twice in a row. Although he has not broken the 400-meter world record held by Ben Iscarman, Bill Carl's competitive state is definitely better than Ben Iscarman.

The results of the game also proved this. Bill Carl easily won the first place in this six-man group, and easily ran a 48.8 seconds. This is also the only time in the game that is less than 49 seconds.

Bill Carl walked off the field and looked around with a provocative look on his face, as if he was telling everyone that the 400-meter championship had been decided by him.

"What a proud guy, I feel arrogant." Chen Qiang said in his heart, but he also knew that Bill Carl had the capital to be arrogant because he had the ability to break the 400-meter world record.

In the fifth group, no American athletes appeared. The first place in this group was taken away by Austrian player Felix Leonard, who is also the holder of the European record in the 300m event.

In the sixth group, there is an American player named James Gordon. In Chen Qiang's opinion, the only advantage of this player is that his name is easier to remember.

In this way, the preliminary round of the 400-meter sprint has all ended. The eliminated athletes can go home, while the players who have advanced must prepare for the rematch.

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A total of 18 athletes advanced to the 400-meter rematch, and the competition was divided into three groups, each with six people, but this time the top four in the group advanced to the semi-finals.

This time, Chen Qiang was assigned to the first group. Chen Qiang was a little unsatisfied with this group.

The reason why Chen Qiang was dissatisfied was not because his opponent was strong and it was difficult to advance, but because he did not want to appear in the first group.

This is just a rematch, and Chen Qiang's goal is also very simple. While ensuring promotion, he can save as much physical strength as possible to prepare for the next triple jump final.

So the ideal situation is that Chen Qiang appears in the last group so that he can see the qualifying results of the first two groups of players, and then he can also refer to this qualifying results to maximize physical fitness.

If you appear in the first group, there will be no results to refer to, so Chen Qiang can only run faster to avoid being eliminated, which will also lead to Chen Qiang consuming more physical fitness in the 400-meter race.

Chen Qiang was very dissatisfied with his grouping, but Bill Carl was very satisfied with his grouping because he was also assigned to the first group and the same group as Chen Qiang. In the next 400-meter rematch, he will compete with Chen Qiang!

"That's great. I'll be in the same group as the Chinese in the rematch. I didn't expect that I would have the chance to beat that Chinese so soon! When I get to the game, I will let you see how powerful I am!"

For Bill Carl, advancing is no longer his goal. If he wants to defeat Chen Qiang, it is best to defeat Chen Qiang with an overwhelming advantage, and create an atmosphere that beats Chen Qiang in front of tens of thousands of American audiences in the audience.

The competition began soon, and Chen Qiang was still in a normal manner after starting. After quickly entering his own rhythm, he began to observe the situation of other athletes. He wanted to infer a threshold for advancement based on the speed shown by other athletes.

However, Bill Carl seemed very excited. He seemed to have been holding back his energy. He ran very fast from the beginning, and seemed to have exerted force from the beginning.

In addition to Bill Carl, the other person is also very fast, that is South African player Willy Walster.

Willy Walster participated in the previous 200m competition and ended up in the semi-finals unfortunately, but his strength in the 400m event is better than the 200m. In history, he has also achieved good results in the British Empire Games.

In addition, Australian George Golding is not inferior to that speed.

At the beginning of the competition, these three players were faster than Chen Qiang's speed. Chen Qiang could feel that he should be in the fourth place.

"The top four advanced to the rematch. If I run a fourth place, it will be enough to advance to tomorrow's semi-finals." Chen Qiang was very at ease and was still running step by step.

And this scene fell into the eyes of others, as if telling everyone: I, Chen Qiang, are not strong at all on the 400-meter project!

Due to the presence of American athletes, the audience in the stands still cheered enthusiastically, and the cheer fell into Bill Carl's ears, as if he had injected him with extra motivation, and he ran faster and faster!

South African player Willie Walster and Australian player George Golding were not willing to fall behind. They found that Bill Carr accelerated, so they also increased their speed.

Although they have not entered the final straight, judging from the speed shown by the athletes, these three people obviously stand out from this group.

Chen Qiang was still running at his own pace, not rushing or slow. Of course, he was a little faster than in the preliminary round, but only a little bit.

After 200 meters, when they entered the curve again, the athlete's body began to change from anaerobic exercise to aerobic exercise, and everyone began to slow down.

Soon, as they entered the straight, they began to accelerate again and make the final sprint.

The moment you enter the straight road, the order of athletes is clear at a glance.

The first place was indeed Bill Carl, followed by South African player Willie Walster, who was more than 0.2 seconds behind Bill Carl.

0.2 seconds ahead of the second place, which is a relatively big advantage. Bill Carl indeed showed extraordinary strength.

The third place is Australian player George Golding, who is only a little slower than second-place Willy Walster.

The fourth and fifth places followed were more than a second slower before entering the sprint in the straight.

The fourth place is Chen Qiang, the fifth place is a Brazilian player, and the last qualifying spot seems to be decided from these two people.

"That Chinese is more than a second behind!"

"It's been more than a second, and it's impossible to catch up."

"I'm so much behind, the Chinese are obviously not good at running 400 meters."

At this time, the American coaching staff felt more and more at ease. Chen Qiang was more than one second slower than American athlete Bill Carl. This was a gap that only two athletes of different levels had. In other words, in the 400-meter event, Chen Qiang was one level worse than American athletes!

On the track, Chen Qiang turned his head and looked at it. The Brazilian player was almost on par with him. Moreover, the Brazilian player was running very hard at this time, and he still used all his strength and squeezed his physical strength to the limit.

As long as you get the fourth place, you can qualify! And the fifth place will be eliminated.

But how could Chen Qiang let this Brazilian athlete succeed? He finally started to accelerate.

As the fastest running person in the world, once Chen Qiang starts to accelerate, others will definitely be beyond the reach, not to mention that Chen Qiang has not exerted any force at all in the distance of more than 300 meters in front. He is still relatively healthy now.

In just a blink of an eye, Chen Qiang had already surpassed the Brazilian athlete's position. Of course, he was still far from the third place in front.

The Brazilian athlete behind him has tried his best, but his skills are not as good as others. Even if he squeezes out all his physical strength, he will not be able to catch up with Chen Qiang in front.

"The fourth place is just enough to advance, that's enough!" Chen Qiang looked at the three players in front. They seemed to be still working hard for the ranking.

"You fight hard, I have to keep my physical fitness and participate in the triple-level long jump." Chen Qiang thought silently in his heart.

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Before the finish line, Bill Carl found that his victory had been decided, slowed down slightly, and then won the first place in the group with a time of 48 seconds.

The second place is South African player Willy Walster, the third place is Australia's George Golding, and Chen Qiang is fourth, with his time of 49 seconds and 6 seconds, which is 1.2 seconds slower than the first place of Bill Carr.

But Chen Qiang also knew that 48 seconds 4 is definitely not Bill Carl's true level. Historically, Bill Carl's winning score at the Los Angeles Olympics was 46 seconds 2, which was 2.2 seconds faster than him now.

Bill Carl, who won the first place, looked very happy. He waved to the stands with a proud smile, and from time to time he looked at Chen Qiang with a provocative gaze.

Chen Qiang didn't care. He ran to the rest area, ate a banana, replenished his physical fitness, and then sat down to rest with peace of mind, preparing for the next triple jump competition.

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In the following two groups of competitions, American players James Gordon and Ben Iscarman also advanced with the first place in the group. The sportswear in the latter two groups performed well, with the worst promotion score of 49.3 seconds. As a result, Chen Qiang, 49.6 seconds, became the worst result of the 12 players who advanced.

The last score is a bit embarrassing.

For the US team, all three players are the first to qualify in the group, which is a perfect rematch.

The strength shown by American athletes in the 400m event has also made many American spectators regain their confidence in the American track and field team.

In the previous 200m rematch, three American athletes performed very strongly. All three of them broke the previous world record, but Chen Qiang immediately responded with a faster result. He finally wanted to pretend to be a pussy, but was slapped in the face, which really made the American audience at the scene feel angry.

In today's game, Chen Qiang not only did not respond like this, but also performed very badly. His results were more than 1 second slower than American players, and he was the last one among all athletes who advanced.

Faced with such a result, both the American media and the audience felt that morale was greatly boosted. The feeling seemed to have won the 400-meter gold medal.

In the past three days, the American track and field team has been beaten too badly by Chen Qiang. All three gold medals that he is determined to win were taken away by Chen Qiang. This really makes Americans afraid of losing. Even when Chen Qiang's name is mentioned, many Americans will feel inferior.

Now in the 400-meter event, American athletes have returned strongly, while Chen Qiang, the "Thanos" in everyone's mind, has fallen into the detective. The result of this contrast is really too proud!

The American audience in the stands were cheering and cheering constantly. The attitude did not seem to win a rematch at all, but it was like the American team won three medals, gold, silver and bronze.

Bill Carl had a proud expression on his face, because he defeated Chen Qiang in the game just now!

"I saw it, heard it, these cheers and applause were all given to me! It was me who defeated that Chinese, and I stepped on that Chinese!"

Thinking of this, Bill Carl looked left and right, and wanted to see if Eddie Tolan had come, but in the end he did not find Eddie Tolan's figure.

There was no Eddie Tolan's game today, and of course he did not come to the scene.

Bill Carl sighed disappointed: "Eddie Tolan, that little black fat man, still thinks I can't beat the Chinese? I'm a waste, do you think others are just as useless as him? It's a pity that he didn't come today. Otherwise, let him see with his own eyes how I beat the Chinese for more than a second!"

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In the stands, the applause from the American audience continued, and their excitement had not subsided.

"Great, our American athletes performed so well, and they qualified first in three groups!"

"The key is that I won the Chinese! In the game a few days ago, wasn't that Chinese very awesome? It turned out that I lost more than a second today!"

"The Chinese are the slowest! That Chinese is arrogant. Does he think that 100 meters and 200 meters are good, and 400 meters must be good!"

"No, this is not arrogance, it is ignorance! Chinese people just run faster, but their brains are not easy to use. They can't tell the difference between 100 meters and 400 meters!"

"Hahaha, do you still expect the Chinese to have a high IQ? They are all a bunch of idiots!"

"This game has really excited me. I didn't dare to stay near Chinatown these days. Now, it's time for those Chinese to understand, don't underestimate our American athletes!"

In the stands, many American audiences began to clamor, and some insulting words appeared one after another. In this country where "anti-China" is written into the law, discrimination against Chinese has long been a "political correct" thing.

In the competition a few days ago, Chen Qiang's performance was so eye-catching that he always topped the American athletes, which made those American spectators completely unlucky.

After all, it is because of the game where skills are not as good as those who lose, and even if you want to scold people, you are not so confident. Unless you are really shameless, you are really embarrassed to scold them.

But now it’s different. The performance of the US team has improved. Bill Carl successfully suppressed Chen Qiang. So the American audience at the scene will be happy immediately!
To be continued...